Funnel cloud

Pacific and Atlantic Ocean the storms are called hurricanes. Before it becomes a hurricane it has to pass through three stages. It starts out as a tropical disturbance because according to Wall and MSFC “hurricanes form over warm ocean water” and rain clouds start to form. Then, it grows into a tropical depression where the…

A waterspout is a tall rotating column of air that is connected to a cumuliform cloud over a large body of water such as the ocean or lake. Waterspouts can sometimes be dangerous to ocean vessels, especially when the waterspouts are of the supercell variety. Waterspouts of the supercell variety share the same formation as the land tornado. Waterspouts not of the supercell variety can start off on the ocean and then move onto land, this can become dangerous if the weather allows the waterspout to…

occurring. These mysterious wind storms are called tornadoes. Tornadoes are very destructive and can cause people to be homeless. What are tornadoes? A tornado is a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud, and advancing beneath a large storm system. “The most destructive tornadoes are capable of having tremendous destruction, and wind speeds can get around 300 miles per hour!” (Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information…

“We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel”-Michael Koryta. Tornadoes and hurricanes can be different in unique ways. Tornadoes and hurricanes are extremely alike but when it comes to speed, damage, and their formation they are extremely different. The first difference between tornadoes and hurricanes are the average speeds of tornadoes and hurricanes. There is a specific range of speeds of hurricanes. Tornadoes are able to produce…

They are born in thunderstorms, often accompanied by hail, and start to form when the changes in wind speed and direction start creating horizontal spinning effects. Tornados are rarely spotted until the cloud circulation becomes visible; however, hurricanes are often predicted by developing cloud patterns. Finally, the frequency between when hurricanes and tornadoes occur is very different. Hurricanes only develop during the summer and fall months: June through November. While the Caribbean is…

WORLD’S MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORMS As the day goes by, it begins to get dark and cool. Then it begins to rain, just an everyday rainfall. Then, it begins to rain harder; it’s hailing and hail, the size of golf balls, begin to form. As it gets windier, the clouds begin to spin and form into cones that swirl to the earth. The wind is unbearable, making it hard to breath. This is a tornado that will destroy everything and anything in its path. People are not prepared and are getting harmed because…

I opted to conduct my rhetorical analysis and evaluation on the Emergency Preparedness poster from the Ad Council. The print ad or poster in question shows a town that a tornado has ripped through, with markers showing where members of a hypothetical family are located. The message of this particular ad piece is quite simple, in the event of a serious emergency; know where your family is. This in itself speaks to a need in all of us to be connected to our loved ones, especially in a time of…

their childhood. “His house was a dugout: a one room home built into a hill, with walls made of sod, or soil. He shared this room with his parents and eight siblings.” this was stated on page 7. They also had black rollers where they lived that could funnel as high as 10,000 feet. Catherine was never that poor when she was a child. Yes these are different people and different places each one took place but they both saw a huge dust…

On May 10th of 2010, a series of tornadoes swept across Oklahoma. The tornadoes continued to form and persist until a couple days later when the severe weather finally abated. This event caused damage to over 500 homes and injured at least 450 people. Three people lost their lives. The outbreak caused an estimated $595 million in damages. The U.S.A. is home to 75% of the world’s tornadoes, with about 800 per year. Of these, many happen in the stretch from the Midwest to the Great Lakes,…

develop from a thunderstorm. In both cases, rapidly rising air causes rain and hail to form, which falls to the earth. In addition, tornadoes need changing wind speeds and direction with height, and that will cause rising air to spin, which forms a funnel. With the right amount of rising air, altering wind speeds, and different wind directions will form a tornado. Along with warm ocean water to give it moisture, hurricanes also need weak upper level winds so that the hurricane will not break…